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EDRi is the biggest European network defending rights and freedoms online. We work to to challenge private and state actors who abuse their power to control or manipulate the public. We do so by advocating for robust and enforced laws, informing and mobilising people, promoting a healthy and accountable technology market, and building a movement of organisations and individuals committed to digital rights and freedoms in a connected world.
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Digital rights as a security objective: Abuses and loss of trust
Violations of human rights online can pose a real threat to our societies, from election’s security to societal polarisation. In this series of blogposts, we explain how and why digital rights must be treated as a security objective. In this third and final blogpost, we discuss how digital rights violations can exacerbate breaches to the […]
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Copyright Week 2019: Copyright as a tool of censorship
EDRi member Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Copyright Week is running again from 14 until 20 January 2019. We are participating in the action week with a series of blogposts.
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2019: Important consultations for your Digital Rights!
Public consultations are an opportunity to influence future legislation at an early stage, in the European Union and beyond. They are your opportunity to help shaping a brighter future for digital rights, such as your right to a private life, data protection, or your freedom of opinion and expression.
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Bits of Freedom announces winner of privacy award
The Dutch Big Brother Awards will take place on 22 January 2019 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This year’s distinguished winner of the Felipe Rodriguez Award is Kirsten Fiedler, Managing Director of European Digital Rights. With this award, a Dutch digital rights organisation, EDRi member Bits of Freedom recognises people and organisations who have made a remarkable […]
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EDRi Awards 2018
For the first time and with great solemnity, EDRi presents the first ever 5th edition of our annual awards.
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Digital rights as a security objective: New gateways for attacks
Violations of human rights online, most notably the right to data protection, can pose a real threat to electoral security and societal polarisation.
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EU Council’s general approach on “e-evidence”: From bad to worse
On 7 December 2018, the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) adopted its general approach – a political agreement before entering into negotiations with the European Parliament – on the proposal for a Regulation on European Production and Preservation Orders in criminal matters. The initial proposals of the European Commission already raised concerns in terms […]
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Terrorist Content Regulation: Warnings from the UN and the CoE
On 11 December 2018, three United Nations Special Rapporteurs published a joint Report on the European Union’s proposal for a Regulation to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online. The Report, issued by Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on right to privacy Joseph Cannataci, and Special Rapporteur on protection of […]
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Poland: Privatised law enforcement or protecting users’ rights?
How to regulate content moderation policies of Facebook and other social media platforms is a challenge worldwide. In Poland, such a discussion has been ongoing for more than a year. A few months ago, the previous Minister of Digital Affairs Anna Strzezynska presented the proposal for a new bill, whose aim was to guarantee that […]
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Denmark prepares for passenger data exchange with the EU
In 2016, the European Union adopted the Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive which obliges Member States to collect PNR data on all flights to third countries and exchange this information with other Member States through the Passenger Information Units (PIUs).
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The EU Council’s general approach on Terrorist Content Online proposal: A step towards pre-emptive censorship
On 6 December 2018, the EU Council published its general approach on the proposed Terrorist Content Online Regulation. The Council’s position poses serious risks to violate inviduals’ fundamental rights. The approach follows a pattern of rushing into introducing new measures without an appropriate evaluation of their efficiency or consequences to fundamental rights such as privacy […]
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Net Neutrality vs. 5G: What to expect from the upcoming EU review?
Since 2016 the principle of net neutrality is protected in the European Union (EU). Net neutrality is a founding principle of the internet. It ensures the protection of the right to freedom of expression, the right to assembly, the right to conduct business, and the freedom to innovate on the internet. These protections came about […]
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